How To Build a Solid Fuel Forge: A Guide To Designing and Building a Forge for New Blacksmiths by Jacob Sedge

Author:Jacob Sedge [Sedge, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-04T05:00:00+00:00

The 'Proper Job' Forge

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Fuels: Any

Weight: Medium

Now we really are getting professional! This really is the best it gets in terms of non-fixed forges. It is highly recommended that you have a welder for one of these forges. As hard as this forge looks, it's reasonably easy and cheap to manufacture with basic parts. There are many ways to make it depending on what you have. Your first step is to make the table, for this, you could use an existing metal-topped table, or just a frame, or make one from sheet metal and angle iron! The method I stand by is taking 4 lengths of angle iron and welding them to form a suitably sized rectangle or square. You can now simply sit pieces of sheet or plate steel in the angle iron frame to make the table top. You can also weld in support bars to help hold the weight of your firepot. The hood is completely optional, and not really necessary, but will provide more draw and get some of the smoke out of your face! The table is the easy bit, that can be made of any sheet steel, it won't be subject to any serious heat. The real hard bit is the firepot. Now, firepots sell for hundreds of pounds on Anvils.co.uk, made from cast iron, they are basically a deep pot where the fire happens. The deeper the pot, the larger the fire and the less you have to stack. Now, where have we seen a cast iron pot-shaped object before? That's right, a brake drum! Forget spending hundreds of pounds on a 'professional' pot when a brake drum will to exactly the same job! Cut a hole in the table to accept the pot and just drop it in, there is no need for welding or bolting as the rim will hold it in place, but feel free to do so if you want to avoid it turning a bit. Do not paint anything other than the legs, elsewise it will burn off and contaminate your fire and your air. The coal is piled on the table then raked into the firepot when needed, this burns of any impurities before it reaches the forge fire to prevent those impurities getting into your steel.

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